Tips and Tricks to Make Your Computing Life Easier

Tips and Tricks to Make Your Computing Life Easier

Patrick Dickey

Hi everyone, As I mentioned in the last post, here is what MSN Chats look like in Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (in Windows Vista with glass running). Something to note about IE is that currently the “Java” version (from sun at http://www.java.com) isn’t “Glass compatible”. So, if you go […]

Hi there everyone,As I promised a week or so ago, I’ll be providing you with some of the highlights of Windows Vista and Office 2007. So, here we go…The four snapshots that I’m showing here are the “Glass” effects. For those who don’t know, “Glass” is the 3-D and transparencies […]

My first blog in Office 2007 Beta 2…. Hello everyone, As I mentioned in yesterday’s article, Microsoft has released their Beta 2 versions for both Windows Vista and Office 2007. Here is an example of one of the features that you’ll find in the Word 2007 version: the embedded ability […]

Hi everyone, This week, Microsoft released the “Beta 2” versions for both Windows Vista and Office 2007. Office is a public beta now, and Vista will more then likely become one soon (you can subscribe to it at Microsoft’s TechNet Site). What does this mean to you? It means you […]

Open-source bug hunt results posted The results are in. Coverity performed bug testing on 30 of the most popular Open Source programs, and have compiled their results. This study was done for the Department of Homeland Security. The results? The most bugs per 1,000 lines of code was in AMANDA […]

I’m posting a link to an older article (from around January 2006) which shows you how to add “snort signatures” to your Kerio Firewall. The article is referencing the WMF vulnerability that was going on then, but the information is valid for any snort signatures that you may have. Also, […]

Hi everyone,It’s been a busy year for me. Between working, taking classes (and tutoring other students), and beta testing software, I haven’t had the time to blog here like I want to. I am thinking about making a couple of changes that would increase the number of posts here. But, […]

Why hackers are taking a bite of Apple csmonitor.com I’m blogging about this, because of two reasons. One, it shows that no Operating System is 100% secure (or better then the others as far as security goes) and two, because this affects Linux users as well as Mac Users. For […]

Hi everyone, Well, with the excitement at the end of last year/beginning of this year, I thought I would take a few moments to give some tips on how to stay safe online. This doesn’t only apply to surfing the web or reading e-mails though. It also applies to chatting, […]

Hi everyone, Ok, the link that I put with this post, takes you to the actual “GPL” General Public License for open source software. It’s only an interesting read, if you are a developer of, user of, potential user of, or just interested in, open source software. So, why did […]